Earth's Rotation and Revolution

The words rotate and revolve have the same meaning when describing the motion of planets.

• True

• False

The movement of Earth around the Sun once every 365.25 days is called

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Inertia

• Gravity

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The movement of Earth as it takes 24 hours to spin on its axis is called

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Inertia

• Gravity

The picture shows the daylight side of Earth. Which best describes why Earth has day and night?

• The Moon rotates on an axis.

• The Moon revolves around Earth

• Earth revolves around the Sun.

• The Earth rotates on its axis

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One complete revolution of Earth around the Sun is called a

• day

• year

• night

• month

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What causes the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky during the day

• The rotation of Earth on its axis

• The revolution of Earth in its orbit

• The location of Earth in space

• Objects are moving around Earth

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How long does it take for Earth to rotate once on its axis?

• 1 day

• 24 hours

• 1/7th of a week

• All of the above

The diagram shows the sun and planets A B and C . The planets are moving through space. Each planet follows a path around the Sun called an orbit or revolution. Each planet spins around an imaginary line through its center called an axis. The earths axis is tilted at 23.4 degrees. Which sentence best describes how the planets revolve?

• The planets in our solar system are moving through space

• Each planet revolves around the sun in a path called an orbit

• Each planet spins on an axis

• Earth's axis is tilted

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Which statement about the Earth's rotation and revolution is correct ?

• It takes longer for the Earth to revolve around the sun than it does to rotate on its axis

• It takes the Earth longer to rotate on its axis than revolve around the sun

• It takes longer for the Earth to orbit around its axis than rotate around the sun